Alike Quote by Charles Francis Richter
“What emerged, of course, was that the magnitude scale presupposed that all earthquakes were alike except for a constant scaling factor. And this proved to be closer to the truth than we expected.”
“What emerged, of course, was that the magnitude scale presupposed that all earthquakes were alike except for a constant scaling factor. And this proved to be closer to the truth than we expected.”
![“Magnitude may be compared to the power output in kilowatts of a [radio] broadcasting station; local intensity, on the Mercalli or similar scale, is then comparable to the signal strength noted on a receiver at a given locality. Intensity, like signal strength, will generally fall off with distance…” quote by Charles Francis Richter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/fb0/charles-francis-richter-15733_broadcasting_magnitude-may-be-compared-to-the-power-o_594188.jpg)
